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Amir Singh

English 1000C

By Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Cover

About The Author

-Born January 1, 1963

-Civil rights movement came to national prominence during that time

-Born in Kingston, Jamaica

-Immigrated here with her parents when she was seven

-Graduated from Williams College with a B.A.

-Went to Columbia and got her

M.F.A

Sharp White Backgrounds

"I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background."

-Zora Neale Hurston

-In section II, first picture used is Hennessy Youngman(Jayson Musson)

Sharp White Backgrounds

-Talks about commodifying black anger

and creating presence where there is

none.

-Another point mentioned is that anger displayed by POC stemming from the unfairness of their circumstances can be construed as insanity

-Ex: 2009 Women's U.S. Open

Title

Identity

-Assumed difference from the "true self" and "historical self"

Identity

-Microaggressions and blatant racism highlighted throughout the book contribute to this idea of split selves

-On page 25, a man in Starbucks refers to a group of "boisterous" teens as the n-word. The racism here, does not only

come from skin tone, but from

culture as well

Historical Self

True Self

-Who you are as a person

-Personal connotations of implied worth from hierarchical social dynamics

True Self vs. Historical Self

-Based off of physical traits: skin color, hair texture

-Also formed by culture and how others perceive you(ties into hierarchical dynamics)

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